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Publication Date: 2020-Jun
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Restructuring a Beginner Language Program: A Quantitative Analysis of Face-to-Face versus Flipped-Blended Spanish Instruction
Moreno, Nina; Malovrh, Paul A.
Hispania, v103 n2 p259-274 Jun 2020
The present study provides empirical data measuring the effects of a flipped and blended course design for beginning-level Spanish on the four skills of reading, writing, speaking, and listening, compared to a control group following a traditional present-practice-produce instructional format. The study provides a template for the successful restructuring of language programs through the incorporation of a cognitive model of learning processes, controls for depth of language processing, and a reconceptualization of instructional context. Results of a pre/post-test design show that two experimental groups, which met three days per week in the classroom along with flipped-blended course work, developed at the same pace in receptive skills, and more so in productive skills, than a control group that met four days per week only in the classroom.
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Educational Change, Blended Learning, Spanish, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Introductory Courses, Comparative Analysis, Learning Processes, Language Processing, Pretests Posttests, Instructional Effectiveness, Undergraduate Students
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Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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